Construction, Validation and Application of the Measurement of Social Cohesion in 47 European Countries and Regions

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 827-846

  Dickes, Paul ^a   Valentova, Marie ^a  

^a CEPS/INSTEAD ^*  (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Composite indicators; LISREL; Measurement equivalence; Multidimensional scaling; Social cohesion

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION; SOCIAL INDICATOR;

EUROPE;

EID: 84881028058     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-012-0116-7     Document Type: Article

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